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" confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity; by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence. "
Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books - Page 114
by Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 253 pages
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The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Volume 3

John Burk - 1805 - 490 pages
...majesty's service, he professed that he could not give them his confidence. " Confidence," said he, " is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom ; — youth...causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over- ruling influence. I have had the honour to serve the crown ; and could I have submitted to influence,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...bench where Mr. Conway sat with the fords of the treasury. / my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen,* confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom....plainly discover the traces of an overruling influence. There is a clause in the act of settlement to oblige every minister to sign his name to the advice...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...the bench where Mr. Conway sat with th0 lords of the treasury. my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen,* confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom....causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over, ruling influence. There is a clause in the act of settlement to oblige every minister to sign...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...the justice to own, I advised them to engage ; but notwithstanding I love to be explicit, I cannot give them my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence. There is a clause in the act of settlement, to oblige every minister to sign his name to the advice...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...majesty's service, he professed that he could not give them his confidence. " Confidence,-" said he, " ¡sa plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the...season of credulity. By comparing events with each oilier, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 474 pages
...the justice to own, I advised them to engage; but notwithstanding —I love to be explicit—I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence, ' There is a clause in the act of settlement to oblige every Minister to sign his name to the advice...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 470 pages
...justice to own, I advised them to engage; but notwithstanding — I love to be explicit — I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is tbe season of credulity ; by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...the justice to nwn, I advised them to engage; but, notwithstanding, I love to be explicit; I cannot give them my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...bosom: youth is the season of credulity : by comparing event* with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, nil-thinks I plainly discover the traces...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1813 - 726 pages
...the justice to own I advised them to engage ; but notwithstanding, I love to be explicit; I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence. [VOL. XVI.] There is a clause in the Act of Settlement, to oblige every minister to sign his name to...
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Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events ...

Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 pages
...the justice to own, I advised them to engage ; but notwithstanding I love to be explicit, I cannot give them my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing...with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methmks I plainly discover the traces of an over-rating influence. It is a long time, Mr. Speaker,...
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